Bottle.



No. 735,240. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903. S. E. GEORGE a J. R. NORRIS.

BOTTLE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 19, 1902.

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Imm Ma@ Will/fila f PATENI'ED AUG. 4, 1903. S. E. GEORGE & J. B..NORRIS.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1902.

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To .all whom it may concern.'- Y v- No. 735,240. I

UNITED STATES.

Patented August `4, 190s.

g'1B-Armar OFFICE.

SAMUEDF. GEORGE AND JOSEPH R. NORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 735,240, dated August4, 1903.

Application filed June 19, 1902.

Be it known'that we, SAMUEL E. GEORGE and JOSEPH R. NoRRIs, citizens ofthe United States, residing in New York, borough of Manhattan, State ofNew York, have in` vented certain new and useful Improvements inBottles, of which the followingis a speciication, accompanied bydrawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in bottles; and its object is toenable abottle to be iilled with the desired liquid, but after thebottle has been emptied to prevent such bottle being refilled. l

To these ends our invention consists in an improved bottle having thegeneral construcf tion and mode of operation, substantially asspecification and accompanying drawings, in

which-`V Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of abottle embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional Viewof a portion of such a bottle, but in a position, the reverse of thatshown in Fig. l. Fig3 is a view of a bottle embodying our inventiontipped slightly or inclined upwardly from the horizontal. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional View of a portion of a bottle embodying amodified form of our invention, and Figs. f5 and 6 are views of theouter cork. Many attempts have hitherto been made to so construct abottle oruflask of any description that after" it has once Abeen emptiedit cannot be refilled; but ordinarily the construction of such bottleshas' been extremely complicated and expensive to make; and theobject ofour invention is to avoid theuse of n many parts and construct the,Aapparatusfor iilling the bottle in the` simplest and cheapestpossiblemanner,while at the same time carrying out the ends in view.`

Referring to the drawings, A represents 'any suitable bottle, which maybe of glass or any other materiahand in this instance the bottle is`shown with a relatively` long neck B, which is preferably tapered fromthe mouth O toward-the junction of the neck with the bodyof ,thebottleAccording to this construction the stoppers and corks and apparatus forpreventing the filling of the bottle may be more nicely fitted withinthe neck andthe parts are less liable to become Serial No. 112,275. (Nomodel.)

V loose and get out of order. According to our 1; invention the bottleis provided with a stopper which may be formed of several pieces,

as D and E, shown somewhat separated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 in order tomore clearly illus- Vtrate our invention, while in Fig. 4c the parts 5Dand E are shown assembled into one'com- ,pact whole. The stopper D E isprovided with a plurality of valves F and G, shown in this instance as`opening outwardly from the r interior ofthe bottle and provided withmeans .tending normally to maintain said valves closed over theapertures H J in the stopper, while according to our invention means areprovided acting in such manner that when the bottle is turned upsidedown or is inclined hereinafter fully described, and shown inthisdownwardly from the horizontal the valves will be opened and thecontents of the bottle may be poured out. When, however, the 5 bottle istipped slightly in an upward position from the horizontal or inclinedupwardly 1 the valves; but, as shown in this instance, the

stopper K is provided with a plurality of tortuous passages L, soarranged that it is impossible to thrust appliancesY into the neckofthebottle and interfere with the valves. The `portions D and E,forming the stopper of the bottle, may be of any suitable material-suchas cork, pressedr paper, or hard rubber-while the valves F and G may bemade of isinglass or any other material which may be found desirable forthe purpose. In order to maintain the valve G closed when the bottle isin an upright position or inclined slightly upward from the horizontal,the weight W is suspended Afrom s aidyalve G in any suitable manner, butpreferably by means of va stem O, which is of stiff material,

and the weight W should be madeof, such material that it will not aectthe liquid with which the bottle is to be filled. The weight may be madeof glass or of a metal covered r with glass, or, in fact, of anysuitable mate.-

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rial. tance from the valve and the valve itself is so positioned in theneck of the bottle that in the normal position of the bottle upright theweight will be suspended about opposite the shoulders S of the bottle,and then when the bottle is tipped, as in Fig. 3, the weight will lieagainst' one of the shoulders S. As the bottle is tipped downward fromthe horizontal position toward the position shown in Fig. 2 the gravityof the weight tends to force the valve G away from its seat, and therebyallow liquid within the bottle to pass out The stem O may be connectedto the valve G in any suitable manner. The valve F is shown normallypressed against its seat by any suitable means, in this -formed in anydesired manner.

instance a spring T being shown arranged between the stopper K and thevalve F and under compression tending to maintain the valve F closed.Suitable means should be provided for causing the valves F and G tooperate together, and we have4 illustrated a connection between thevalves (shown as a connecting-piece P) which is interposed 'between thevalves and when the bottle is in an upright position rests upon thevalve G, while valve F rests loosely upon the top of said connecting-piece P. ably no positive connection between the connecting-piece P andthe valves, the connection between the same being loose. The spring Tmay be made oi' any suitable material, as pianowire, while theconnecting-piece P may be made of sheet metal, as zinc, and

It will readily be seen that according to the construction describedupon turning the bottle upside down, as in Fig. 2, the weight W will besupported by the spring T, and by adjusting the strength of the springproperly the valves F and G will be allowed to open the desired amountto enable the liquid to be poured from the bottle. When the bottle istipped slightly upward, the weight W will immediately close the valve G,for its tendency is to slide downwardly over the shoulder S of thebottle, and since the weight is thus taken from the spring T the springalso will close the valve F. It is thus impossible to ill the bottle bysubmerging it, and it is also impossible to obtain a vacuum in thebottle and so fillv it on account of the construction of the two valves.We are not to be understood, however, to limit ourselves to anyparticular number of valves, for there may be any desired number, andour invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms. One modiicationis illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the connection between the valves ismade by means of an extension X of the stem O, connected to the weightW, the top of this extension X extending to the valve F, so that whenthe bottle is tipped the gravity of the weight W will open both valves Fand G against the action of the spring T. In Fig. 4 the upper portion Dof the stopper is made The weight W is 'hung at such a dis.

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larger than the portion D in Fig. l and fitted down upon the portion E.

lWithout limiting ourselves to the construction shown and described andwithout enumerating equivalents, we claim and desire to obtain byLetters Patent the following;

1. The combination with a bottle, of a stopper provided with twoapertures, a springactuated valve to close one aperture, aweighted valveto close thev other aperture, and a body interposed between said valvesand operat'ing to transmit movement from one valve to the other,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a bottle, of a stopper provided with twoapertures, a weighted valve to close the inner aperture, aspringactuated valve to close the other aperture, and a body interposedbetween said valves and operating to cause both valves to move insubstantial unison either in opening or closing, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination with a bottle, of a stop per provided with aperturesand a plurality of outwardly-opening valves over said apertures, aweight connected to the inner valve tending to hold it closed when thebottle is in an upright or upwardly-inclined position, and a springtending to always hold the outer valve closed, and connection betweensaid valves whereby when the bottle is inclined downwardly the weighttends to open both the inner valve and the outer valve against thetension of the spring, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a bottle, of a stopper provided with aperturesand a plurality of outwardly-opening valves over said apertures, aweight connected to the inner valve tending to hold it closed when thebottle is in an upright or upwardly-inclined position, and a springtending to always hold the other valve closed, connection between saidvalves whereby when the bottle is inclined downwardly the weight tendsto open both the inner valve and the outer valve against the tension ofthe spring, and an outer stopper provided with tortuous passages forpreventing interference with the operation of the valves, substantiallyas described.

5. The combination with a bottle, of stoppers provided with apertures, aplurality of outwardlyopening valves over said apertures, a weight hunginwardly from the inner valve to maintain said valve closed when thebottle is inclined upwardly, a spring adapted to maintain the othervalve closed, and connections between said valves whereby the gravity ofthe weight operates to open both valves when the bottle is inclineddownwardly, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a bottle, of stoppers provided with apertures, aplurality of outwardly opening valves over said apertures, a weight hunginwardly from the in- IOO ner valve to maintain said valve closed whenconnections between said valves whereby the gravity of the weightoperates to open both Valves when the bottle is inclined downwardly, andan outer stopper for preventing interference with the operation of saidvalves, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed this ing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. GEORGE. JOSEPH R. NORRIS. Witnesses:

E. VAN ZANDT, H. G. OGDEN, Jr.

specification in the presence of two subscrib-

